Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

Recently Dale Chihuly displays his art works in Botanical Gardens around the world; right now his works are in Phoenix at the Botanical Garden till May 2009.Dale Chihuly (born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington State) studied interior design and architecture in Seattle. The same year he got his BA in 1965; he blew his first glass bubble and finished his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1968. He then went to Venice to work in a glass factory.In 1971 he cofounded the Pitchuck Glass School near Washington.Chihuly tries to establish a direct and immediate dialog between nature, art and light.Dernièrement Dale Chihuly expose ses œuvres dans les jardins botaniques du monde entier. Pour le moment ses œuvres peuvent être vues jusqu'en mai 2009 au Jardin botanique de Phoenix.Dale Chihuly a fait ses études de design d’intérieur à Seattle. L’année où il obtient son diplôme Bachelor il souffle sa première bulle de verre, il complète ses études à l’école de Design de Rhode Island en 1968. Il poursuit sa formation dans un atelier de verre à Venise.En 1971 il cofonde l’école du verre à Pilchuck près de Seattle.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Fir trees are on strikeAs well as pine needlesThey all want to be palmCherry or banana treesBecome fruit treesFir trees are tiredAt the end of the yearOf all the garlands to holdIt makes their back bendFir trees have a coldFrom living near chimneysWithout fresh air without horizonConfined inside housesFir trees are fed upWith providing shade in the summerWithout being thanked forAnd to be cut in winterFir trees are looking moroseAnd are getting sickA sickness that they cure with perfumeMade with fir sap!Fir trees have announcedThat next New YearThey will be on vacationThe forest will be closedFir trees are going to the sunshineFir trees are deserting winterTo go get a tanIn a warm place under coconut trees.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Tumbleweeds are Russian thistles, weird bushes formed in a ball which, when dry, break away from their roots and blow in the wind or in movies like in “Once upon a time in the West” Grains came from Russia during the 19th century mixed with wheat grains.

This is all to say that the city of Chandler (the only one in the southwest with such a tree) comes up with a huge Christmas tree crafted with these tumbleweeds. The balls are gathered to shape a pine tree which will be then painted and trimmed.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Mendhi -the art of henna painting on the body- has been practiced in India, Africa and the Middle East and is traditionally practiced for wedding ceremonies and other rites.Henna is a plant which is believed to bring love and good fortune. A paste is made from the crushed leaves of the plant, applied to the skin and removed several hours later.

Will you guess Marna’s first profession represented here at the Tempe Festival of the Arts last Friday?Her second job (not represented on the picture) is a human invention, we exercise it ourselves since birth but we have a tendency to forget about this art over time. Loved by little and big kids alike. Hard to describe without letting the cat out of the bag.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

The season’s spirit is catching on slowly this year we all know why. Decorations are moving out of boxes to be hanged on doors, walls and trees…Let’s open our hearts and share tears and laughs and hope for true and healthy “Todays.”

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The last, the very last,So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.Perhaps if the sun's tears would singagainst a white stone. . . .Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly 'way up high.It went away I'm sure because it wished tokiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I've lived in here,Penned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches in the court.Only I never saw another butterfly.

That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don't live in here,in the ghetto.